Laundry rack



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Patented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' PAUL SCHANDER, OF ELKINS PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 FLETCHERWORKS, 0FPHILADELPHIA;PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATIONOF PENNSYLVANIA.

LAUNDRY RACK.

Application filed June 16, 1927. Serial No. 199,283.

My invention relatesto new and useful improvements in laundry 'acks, andhas foran object to provide a rack thatwill be efficient in service,cheapto construct, and simple to assemble.

As is well known to those skilled in the art, diiicrent forms ofrevolving racks are used in commercial laundriesyso that the clothes maybe placed in bagsornets and placed on the racks, there gencrallybeing asmall card with indiciathereontodesignate the contents or ownership ofthe different bags or nets of clothes, these different cards beingplaced with the respective bags on cer- It is desirable to have theracksrevolve so that time may be saved when placing the dillerent bundles onthe rack, as "if the rack did not revolve, it would be necessary for theoperators to keep encircling these racks or supports.

The racks, as a rule, are rather large in ci rcun'iference, often beingsix feet in diame ter, and it is desirable, therefore, to have a rackthat may freely revolve and atthe same time bestrong enough to supportthe weight of the great number ofbags that will be placed thereon.

One of the principal objects, therefore, is to provide arelativelystrong rack, which may bc'made up of a plurality of simplecastings and a number of small. bars together with one circular sheet ofmetal, all of the parts being relatively cheap to manufacture and easilyassembled by an ordinary/19incchanic. 8 1

With these and other objectsin view,the invention 1 consists in certainnew and novel arrangements and combination ofgpartsas will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims,

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. l. is a vertical sectional view;

F 2 is atop plan of the rack;

Fig. 3 is a vertical. sectional view showing a slight modification; and

Fig. l is a top plan view of theconstruction.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, and to Figs. 1, 2 and l inparticular, there is shown a tripod formed of three separate legs 1,which may be castings ormay be of pressed metal, and are bolted to asmall casting 2 whiclr forms a bearing or support forthe metal shaft 3,which is supposed to tightly fit within this base 2.

About this central shaft are positioned two wheels 4 and 20, audit isthe simple construction of these rack wheels that forms one of theprincipal parts oflthe present invention.

As heretofore mentioned, these rack wheels are relatively large, and itisdesirable to have them as strong as possible, and at the same time asinexpensive as possible, to meet with theordinary business competition.

Referring now toFigs. l and 2,1't will be seen that the rackwheelconsis'ts of a lower circular hub 5, which is preferablynan iron orsteel casting, while extending radially therefrom are the integral lugs6, which lugs also extend at an angle to the body of the hub. As may beseen in these Figures 1 and 2, they are upwardly inclined so that thebrace bars or compression members 7 may be riveted or bolted thereto.These hubs willbe made up in large quantities, as there will be two ofthem foreach complete rack.

This hub 5 has its counterpart or upper hub 8, but in this instance, thehub 8 is provided with radial lugs 9 extending at right angles to thebody of the hub, so that spokes 10 may be bolted 0r riveted at theirinner ends to the lugs 9, and extend in a horizontal. plane.

The rack wheel 4 also consists of a rim formed of a circlillar band ofsteel 11 which is from 6 to Sinches in height, and riveted about itsinner periphery are the small castings 12, having a vertical portion 13,the right angular lug 14 and the tangential lower lug 15; the angle ofthis lug 15 corresponding to thenngle of the lug 6 of the lower hub.After these castings are riveted to the steel band, the brace rod 7 willbe riveted or bolted to the respectivelugs 6 and 15 of the hub 5 andcastings 12. These brace rods form the compression members to rigidlysupport the rotatable wheel 4.

The spokes or tension members 10 are riveted at their inner end, asheretofore mentioned to the lugs 9 of the upper hub 8, while their outerends are riveted to the lugs or flanges 14 of the castings 12, to thuscomplete the formation of the wheel proper.

Secured to the outer periphery of the band 11,"which is 'actually'therim of the wheel, there is shown a pluralityof hooks or arms 16 whichmay be bolted to the rim 11 or may be fitted with bayonet lugs to fitwithin bayonet slots (not shown) withinthe rim so that the hooks may bequickly removed if desired. Above the lower wheel 4 on theshaft 3 issecured an adjustable collar 17 so that the second wheel 20 may beassembled like the previous wheel, and slipped over the shaft or centralsupport 3, so that this wheel in turn may be revolved by the operatorwhen hooking the different bags on the hooks.

A hub cap 18 may then be placed on the upper threaded portion of theshaft 3.

As far as the specification hasproceeded, it will be seen that besidesthe central shaft 7 and its legs, there are two wheels, each of whichconsists of simply a circular band, an upper and lower'hub, a pluralityof small castings, andthe compression and tension members, all of whichparts may be quickly I which there is fitted the thrust ball bearing'30,. so that the supporting shaft 31 may rest therein and revolvefreely within the hub 27 of the casting 26.

In the first form described, it will be remembered the shaft 3 is tobefixed, and the two wheels 4 and 20 were adapted to be rotated about theshaft. In the form now being described, the shaft 31 is to be rotatablymounted and the two rack wheels 32 and 33 are to be provided with setscrews 34 so that the two wheels may be revolved in unison with'theshaft 31, or if these set screws are loosened, either wheel is free torotate thereon.

The wheels 32 and 3.3 with the exception of the-set screwsinthe lowerrespective hubs are identical with the wheels 4 and 20 of the rack shownin Fig. 1. r

The only major difference, therefore, is the construction of the housingat the bottom of the rack, so that the shaft 31 may be free to tensionmembers, and the inner em s rotate and thus permit the wheels to rotatein unison or the set screws may be loosened so that the wheels may berevolved inde pendently of the central shaft.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have designed a large rackcapable of supporting the heavy load that will be placed upon it and atthe same time, I have provided a rack wherein the assembly consists ofsimply riveting or bolting the tension and compression members to smallcastings that are in turn secured to a rim, and further providing anupper and lower hub with certain lugs thereon to which lugs are securedrespectively the inner ends of the s okes or i of the compressionmembers.

I am aware that there are many difl'erent forms of wheels, but thepresent racks are exceedingly simple to assemble and necessitate but fewparts to be bolted or riveted together by an'ordinary mechanic.

Many slight changes might be made with outin any way departing from thespirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A laundry rack comprising a base, acentral shaft rotatably mounted in the base, two wheel racks rotatablymounted on said shaft and means for locking each of them to said shaft,each of said wheel racks comprising a relatively wide flat metal rim, aplurality of castings secured to the inner periphery of the rim and saidcastings extending across the inner face of the rim and said castingsprovided with horizontal upper lugs and inclined lower lugs, an upperand lower hub for'each wheel, the upper hub having horizontal lugs andthe lower lug having 11 )ward- 1y inclined lugs, spokes fastened to thelugs on the upper hub and to the lugs on the castings, compressionmembers secured to the lower lugs of the casting and to the similarlyinclined lugs of the lower hub and the rim adapted to receive supportinghooks.

2. A laundry rack comprising in part a wheel formed of a circular fiatmetal band, an upper hub, a plurality of arms fastened on the innerperiphery of the band and each arm provided with a horizontal lug and adownwardly inclined lug, an upper hub having lugs extending in the sameplane as the upper lugs on said arm and a lower hub having lugs inclinedsimilarly to the inclination of the lower lugs on the said arms,compression and tension members respectively bolted to the upper hub andthe upper lugs on the arms and the compression members extending fromthe lugs on the lower hub to the lower lugs of the said arms and boltedthereto, and the rim adapted to have hooks bolted thereto.

3. A fabricated metal laundry rack compositioned rim, means in the formof tie arms boltcdto the inner surface of the rim, said 1 compressionand tension members also bolted to said means and the rim adapted tohave supporting hooks bolted thereto.

In testimony whereof I a'fiix my signature.

PAUL SCHANDER.

